Sarver

On February 23, 2006, MELDA SARVER; devoted mother of Richard C. Matthai & his wife Sandra; loving grandmother of Zachary Matthai. Funeral Services will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, on Monday 11 A.M. Entombment Parkwood Cemetery. Visiting hours Sunday 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M.

On February 23, 2006, MELDA SARVER; devoted mother of Richard C. Matthai & his wife Sandra; loving grandmother of Zachary Matthai. Funeral Services will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, on Monday 11 A.M. Entombment Parkwood Cemetery. Visiting hours Sunday 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M.

COLLEGE PARK -- Although Maryland hindered itself with mental lapses and hesitant play, the Terrapins didn't flinch on their final decision of the game.Faced with a two-on-one break, Maryland's Jackie Mynarski resisted temptation and set up Keri Sarver for an uncontested goal with 21 seconds remaining, lifting the Terps to a 4-3 victory over Fairfield in an NCAA women's soccer tournament first-round game.Maryland (11-10-1), which had backed into the tournament with six losses in its final eight games, now advances to play at William and Mary this weekend in the second round.

Moves Baseball BRAVES: Optioned P Joe Dawley to Triple-A Richmond. CARDINALS: Purchased contract of P Kevin Ohme from Triple-A Memphis. DIAMONDBACKS: Recalled P John Patterson from Triple-A Tucson. Sent P Scott Service outright to Tucson. PADRES: Purchased contract of P Matt Herges from Triple-A Portland. Transferred P Trevor Hoffman from 15-day to 60-day DL. PIRATES: Announced that they will place OF Brian Giles on 15-day DL today with sprained ligament in right knee and will recall OF Adam Hyzdu from Triple-A Nashville.

COLLEGE PARK -- The Maryland women's soccer team had squandered opportunity after opportunity.Then, with 3 1/2 minutes remaining, a deflected penalty kick slowly rolled across San Diego's open goal in front of an oncoming mob. And in one flash, game-long frustration turned into celebration.Keri Sarver outraced everyone to the ball, slamming in the point-blank shot to lift the No. 13 Terps to a 1-0 victory over San Diego in a second-round NCAA tournament game at Ludwig Field yesterday.Maryland (19-4-2)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Mike McIlwain scored with less than a minute left in the first overtime to help fourth-ranked Maryland escape with a 2-1 win over North Carolina yesterday in a men's Atlantic Coast Conference soccer game.Caleb Norkus gave North Carolina (4-8, 0-4 in the ACC) a 1-0 lead at 5: 37 when he took a Matt Laycock pass off a free kick and beat goaltender Andy Kirk. Pierre Venditti tied it at 1 at 23: 18 by taking a Keith Beach pass and tapping a shot into the net for the Terps (9-1-1, 2-1-1)

Keri Sarver assisted on the first goal and scored the last, as No. 13 Maryland upset No. 12 George Mason 3-0 in women's college soccer yesterday in Fairfax, Va.Michelle Deville opened the scoring at 2: 23 on Sarver's assist. Vita McKenna gave the Terps (3-1) a 2-0 halftime lead at 4: 04 before Sarver added her second-half goal at the 82: 30 mark.Jaime Pagliaru made two saves for the Patriots (2-1-1).Maryland's Alli Wolff recorded six.Pub Date: 9/11/97

Keri Sarver's penalty kick yesterday gave third-seeded Maryland a win over No. 6 N.C. State in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C.Regulation ended at 1-1, but Sarver's score gave the Terrapins a 4-3 edge in penalty kicks and set up a 4: 30 p.m. date today with Duke.MenRadford 3, UMBC 2, OT: Kevin Kelly scored 10 minutes into the first overtime to beat the Retrievers in the first round of the Big South tournament at Coastal Carolina.

Sophomore midfielder Kevin Alvero scored two second-half goals, including the tying goal with 21 seconds left in regulation, as Loyola rallied for a 2-2 tie yesterday with Penn State in University Park, Pa.The Greyhounds (0-0-2) were down 2-0 when Alvero began the comeback by converting a penalty kick with 28: 21 remaining.In the final minute, he beat Nittany Lions goalkeeper Steve Saunders with a low shot inside the left goal post.No. 18 Penn State (1-0-1) got goals in each half from Jon McClay and Travis Berger, respectively.

COLLEGE PARK -- The Maryland women's soccer team did not fall short yesterday in its NCAA tournament first-round game so much as it was finally worn down, tired from playing one of the nation's toughest schedules and struggling to overcome key injuries.As a result, George Mason stunned the eighth-seeded Terps, 2-1, at Ludwig Field.The Terps were without their second-leading scorer, Emmy Harbo, sidelined by a knee injury she suffered in last weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, and Maryland was also hindered by an injury to senior forward Michelle Deville.

The brains of the U.S. women's soccer team has Maryland ties, a blue-collar past and a Ripkenesque fervor to win. Meet April Heinrichs, Olympic coach, who'll guide the women's squad today in a pre-Games game against Russia at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis (Ch. 2, 2 p.m.). Having coached five years at the University of Maryland and the last four at Virginia, Heinrichs won the Olympic post last winter. Publicly, she vowed to work overtime to take America over the top next month when it goes Down Under.

COLLEGE PARK -- Although Maryland hindered itself with mental lapses and hesitant play, the Terrapins didn't flinch on their final decision of the game.Faced with a two-on-one break, Maryland's Jackie Mynarski resisted temptation and set up Keri Sarver for an uncontested goal with 21 seconds remaining, lifting the Terps to a 4-3 victory over Fairfield in an NCAA women's soccer tournament first-round game.Maryland (11-10-1), which had backed into the tournament with six losses in its final eight games, now advances to play at William and Mary this weekend in the second round.

COLLEGE PARK -- The Maryland women's soccer team did not fall short yesterday in its NCAA tournament first-round game so much as it was finally worn down, tired from playing one of the nation's toughest schedules and struggling to overcome key injuries.As a result, George Mason stunned the eighth-seeded Terps, 2-1, at Ludwig Field.The Terps were without their second-leading scorer, Emmy Harbo, sidelined by a knee injury she suffered in last weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, and Maryland was also hindered by an injury to senior forward Michelle Deville.

Keri Sarver's penalty kick yesterday gave third-seeded Maryland a win over No. 6 N.C. State in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C.Regulation ended at 1-1, but Sarver's score gave the Terrapins a 4-3 edge in penalty kicks and set up a 4: 30 p.m. date today with Duke.MenRadford 3, UMBC 2, OT: Kevin Kelly scored 10 minutes into the first overtime to beat the Retrievers in the first round of the Big South tournament at Coastal Carolina.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Mike McIlwain scored with less than a minute left in the first overtime to help fourth-ranked Maryland escape with a 2-1 win over North Carolina yesterday in a men's Atlantic Coast Conference soccer game.Caleb Norkus gave North Carolina (4-8, 0-4 in the ACC) a 1-0 lead at 5: 37 when he took a Matt Laycock pass off a free kick and beat goaltender Andy Kirk. Pierre Venditti tied it at 1 at 23: 18 by taking a Keith Beach pass and tapping a shot into the net for the Terps (9-1-1, 2-1-1)

Keri Sarver assisted on the first goal and scored the last, as No. 13 Maryland upset No. 12 George Mason 3-0 in women's college soccer yesterday in Fairfax, Va.Michelle Deville opened the scoring at 2: 23 on Sarver's assist. Vita McKenna gave the Terps (3-1) a 2-0 halftime lead at 4: 04 before Sarver added her second-half goal at the 82: 30 mark.Jaime Pagliaru made two saves for the Patriots (2-1-1).Maryland's Alli Wolff recorded six.Pub Date: 9/11/97

NCAA quarterfinalsMaryland (19-4-2) at Notre Dame (22-1)Site: Krause Stadium, South Bend, Ind.Time: 1 p.m.Outlook: Maryland is shooting for its first Final Four appearance, but has to get past the second-seeded defending national champions. The Terps have posted shutouts against their two tournament opponents; the Fighting Irish have scored 13 goals. The Terps are 2-2-1 against ranked opponents this season. Forwards Emmy Harbo (21 goals, four assists) and Keri Sarver (16, 15) must put pressure on Notre Dame's defense for the Terps to have a chance.

When a group of Western Maryland College sophomores were looking for a community service project last fall, none of them had to look much further than their own families for an idea.The eight women, half of them from out of state, realized they either had no living grandparents or lived so far away that they don't get to see grandmother and grandfather often enough."And a lot of older people [in nursing homes] don't have a lot of visitors, so it would help us both," said Denise Sarver, group manager, who comes from Bel Air.Thus was born the Adopt-A-Grandparent project, which turned into the adoption of an entire nursing home for the group.

Sophomore midfielder Kevin Alvero scored two second-half goals, including the tying goal with 21 seconds left in regulation, as Loyola rallied for a 2-2 tie yesterday with Penn State in University Park, Pa.The Greyhounds (0-0-2) were down 2-0 when Alvero began the comeback by converting a penalty kick with 28: 21 remaining.In the final minute, he beat Nittany Lions goalkeeper Steve Saunders with a low shot inside the left goal post.No. 18 Penn State (1-0-1) got goals in each half from Jon McClay and Travis Berger, respectively.

NCAA quarterfinalsMaryland (19-4-2) at Notre Dame (22-1)Site: Krause Stadium, South Bend, Ind.Time: 1 p.m.Outlook: Maryland is shooting for its first Final Four appearance, but has to get past the second-seeded defending national champions. The Terps have posted shutouts against their two tournament opponents; the Fighting Irish have scored 13 goals. The Terps are 2-2-1 against ranked opponents this season. Forwards Emmy Harbo (21 goals, four assists) and Keri Sarver (16, 15) must put pressure on Notre Dame's defense for the Terps to have a chance.